MONTEVALLO, Alabama -- University of Montevallo police are
continuing to investigate a threat made against a faculty member on a social media website earlier this month.

"We take something like that very, very seriously," university
spokesman Jamie Bessette said in a phone interview today. "Obviously safety of
the campus community is a top priority. We are investigating it."

Bessette said the threat was made to a faculty member on
the Facebook page Montevallo Confessions. The page that allows users to post
anonymous messages had 2,000 likes as of today.

"It was brought to our attention a couple of weeks ago,"
Bessette said, declining to go into details of the investigation. "It is
actively being pursued."

Beyond the threat, nothing else has happened toward the
faculty member or campus at large, he added. "There's been no follow up, there's
been no action," he said.

The webpage has a message dated Jan. 12 that states "confessions"
published on the site will be on hold during the investigation. The same day, a
message with University of Montevallo Chief of Police Chadd Adams' name at the
bottom appeared that asks for the online community's help in investigating the
matter.

The post states that "we are taking the appropriate steps
to retrieve the names and location that are responsible for the threat. I
encourage you to make contact with the University Police Department immediately
so we can discuss this issue. Your cooperation in this matter will benefit you
and the university. Thank You, Chadd Adams, Chief of Police 205-665-6155."

As of earlier today, the last post on the Facebook page is dated Jan. 13 and
states: "Once again, if you have any
information relating to the threat, PLEASE contact the UM police department at
205-665-6155. This is a very serious situation."

Bessette said the university is using outside agencies to
help investigate the matter. "Under any circumstance like this, we definitely look
at where we can improve and make changes," he said. "We have stepped up patrol,
we have put more resources on it to keep the campus safe."